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PATENTED AUG. 15, 1905.

J SLONKA. WAR SHIP.

APPLIGATION FILED JULY 30, 1904.

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JOHN SLUNKA, OF YONKERS, NEW YORK, ASSIG-NOR ()F ONE-HALF TO JOSEPH RAMP, OF YONKERS, NEW YORK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. '15, 1905.

Application filed July 30, 1904. Serial No. 218,795.

To It "11/72/0120, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, Joi-IN SLoNKA, a subject of the Emperor of Austria-l-Iungary, residing at Yonkers, l/Vestchester county, State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in l/Var-Ships, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to guards for warships. It has for its object to provide a guard adapted to protect war-ships from injury by mines in their course by warding off and exploding such mines out of dangerous proximity to the vessels.

It has for a further obj eet to provide a device of the character set forth combining advantages in point of perfect operation, simplicity, strength, inexpensiveness, and adinstability.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a boat having my device applied thereto. Fig; 2 is a plan view of the same.

Corresponding parts in both figures are denoted by the same reference characters.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates hangers suspended over the sides of the vessel, each comprising a vertical portion 2, having a slot 3 in its lower end, in which is journaled a grooved roller 1, and a horizontal portion 5, extending inwardly from its upper end, having holes 6, through which screws 7 pass into the deck of the ship to secure the supports in place. The front fender 8 comprises an acute-angular frame 9, formed of a bar 10 and provided with downwardly-em tending prongs 1.1, conforming to the contour of the hull of the ship and. having their upper ends bent around the bar 10 and secured thereto by rivets 12, and to adapt this fender to be raised and lowered the rear ends of the bar 10 are pivoted to the front ends of the bars 13. The bars 13 project through the slots in the hangers l. and rest and slide on the rollers 4 therein and are provided with racks 14, engaged by pinions 15, journaled on plates 16, connecting two of the hangers 1, and the pinions 15 are engaged by gears 16 on the outer ends of shafts 17, journaled in bearings 18 on the opposite sides of the deck of the ship.

F or the purpose of revolving the pinions 15, and thereby sliding the bars 1.3 back and forth, meters 19 are employed, the pistons 20 of which are connected by wrist-pins 21 to disks on. the inner ends of the shafts 17.

Hangers 22 are suspended over the sides of the vessel at the rear of the hangers 1. for supporting the rear fenders 23, each com prising a vertical portion 24, having bearings 25 on its lower end, and a horizontal portion 26, extending inwardly from its upper end, having holes 27, through which screws 28 .pass into the deck of the ship to secure the supports in place.

Each rear fender 23 comprises a bar 29, provided with downwardly-extending prongs 30, conforming to contour of the hull of the vessel and having their upper ends bent around the bar 29 and secured thereto by rivets 31.

The inner end of each bar 29 is provided with a short vertical shaft 32, having pointed ends, and is journaled in the bearings 25 on the hanger 22, adapting the rear fenders 23 to swing laterally, and for the purpose of furnishing an additional support for each back fender the outer end of a wire cable is connected to the outer end of the bar 29 and the inner end pivotally connected to its hanger in any suitable manner. To adapt said fenders to be projected or withdrawn simulta neously, one end of a slotted link 33 is pivoted at 34 to each. bar 29, and the slot 35 therein. is engaged by a pin 36 on the inner end of each rod. 13.

It will be understood from the foregoing description that when the bars 13 are slid forwardly by the motors the front fender is projected and at the same time the pins 36 slide to the inner ends of the slots 35 in the links, turn said links, and slide to the opposite ends of the slots therein, and then pull on the links and throw out the rear fenders, and that when the motors are reversed the bars 13 will be drawn backwardly, withdrawing the front fender, and at the same time the pins 36 slide to the inner ends of the slots 35 in the links, simultaneously drawing the rear fenders in, and then turn the links and slide to the opposite ends of the slots therein.

.Toraise and lower the front fender 8, one end of a cable 37 is attached to the fender, and the other end is attached to and wound on a Windlass on the deck of the ship.

I do not desire to be understood as limiting myself to the details of construction and arrangement as herein described and illustrated, as it is manifest that variations and modifications may be made in the features of construction and arrangement in the adaptation of the device to various conditions of use Without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention and improvements. I therefore reserve the right to all such variations and modifications as properly fall Within the scope of my invention and the terms of the following claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent 1. A guard for vessels, comprising a front forwardly-projectable fender having rearwardly-extending bars provided With racks, rear pivoted laterally-projectable fenders connected with and operated by said bars and pinions engaging the racks of said bars and reciprocating them, substantially as described.

2. A guard for vessels, comprising a forwardly-proj ectab le fend er having rearwardly- JOHN SLONKA.

itnesses MAURICE BLOCK, HAsKnL COENTHAL. 

